Bernard Picart and Zacharias Châtelain
Apollo and Diana kill Niobe’s Children with Their Arrows; She Is Turned into Stone
1730
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- Artist: Bernard Picart
- Publisher: Zacharias Châtelain
Apollo and Diana kill Niobe’s Children with Their Arrows; She Is Turned into Stone
1730
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet: 456 x 287 mm. (17 15/16 x 11 5/16 in.)
Plate: 355 x 256 mm. (14 x 10 1/16 in.)
Image: 350 x 250 mm. (13 3/4 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.13024
This publication is based on Michel de Marolles' "Tableau du Temple des Muses" (Paris, 1655), with fifty-nine engraving by Cornelis Bloemaert (and Theodor Matham etching the backgrounds) and one (showing Salmacis) by Poilly; after drawings by Abraham van Diepenbeeck and Pierre Brebiette illustrating the art collection of Jacques Favereau (1590-1675). This print, however, bears important differences with Bloemaert's design, to the point that it can hardly be said to have been based upon it. Thus the inscription: "B. Picart invenit 1730." For comparison, see plate 44 from Marolles' book.
BMA, Jacobs Wing rotation, August 15, 2007- January 29, 2008
Signed: 2
Inscribed: Recto: in plate, lower left: "B Picart. invenit 1730"; in plate, lower center: "Les enfants de Niobé tués à coups de fleches par / Apollon & Diane, & elle-même est changé en rocher. // Apollo and Diana kill Niobe's Children / with their arrows; she is turned into stone. // Die Kinder von Niobe durch geschossene Pfeile getodet, durch / Apollo und Diana, und sie selbst. // De Kinderen van Niobe door Pyl-schooten gedoodt, / door Apollo en Diana, en zy selve in een rots verandert."; in plate, at bottom left: "B. Picart del. 1731."; at bottom right, in graphite: "49"
